Umrao Jaan (1981)

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Country: India
Genres: Drama, Musical
Release: 2005-06-21
Director: Muzaffar Ali
Writers: Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa , Shama Zaidi , Javed Siddiqui , Muzaffar Ali
Language: Urdu
Stars: Rekha , Farooq Shaikh , Naseeruddin Shah , Raj Babbar , Shaukat Azmi , Ishtiaque Khan Ghilzai , Prema Narayan , Akbar Rashid , Gajanan Jagirdar , Dina Pathak
Runtime: 145 min
Awards: 6 wins & 1 nomination
AKA: Umrao Jaan , Umrao Jaan (India) , 踊り子 (Japan) , Дорогая Умрао , Umrao Jaan, a kurtizán (Hungary) , Umrao Jaan (Canada) , Umrao Jaan (India)Umrao Jaan a kurtizán (Hungary), Дорогая Умрао (Soviet Union), 勒克瑙之花 (China)
Plot: In Faizabad, British India, Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's Daroga dad testifies against him. After his discharge around 1840, he extracts his vengeance by abducting Amiran and selling to a brothel madam. It is here Amiran will be re-named Umrao Jaan. Years later, Umrao has grown up and is an accomplished poetess as well as dancer extraordinary. She has many patrons, chief amongst them are Nawab Sultan and his father. The young Nawab is smitten by Umrao's beauty and her poems, but is finally forced to marry a girl of his mother's choice, leaving behind a heart-broken and devastated Umrao, who seeks solace in the arms of Faiz Ali and finally elopes with him, only to find out that he is a wanted bandit, and is shot down and killed by guards. Umrao re-locates to Kanpur where she establishes herself as a Poet and dancer, but is hunted down by brothel-keepers, Gohar Mirza and Husseini and brought back, where she is told that she must marry Gohar. Watch what Umrao does to escape from being married against her will, and her attempts to try and find her way back to her parents.
IMDB:tt0083248